5 times WWE ended storylines with dead ends

#3 WWE is plagued by a hacker

Mustafa Ali was rumored to be behind one of SmackDown's biggest stories of 2020

What happened to this gimmick? For months, WWE, primarily SmackDown, was being harassed by an unknown hacker who claimed to be bringing a lot of "terrible truths" to light. In fact, the hacker was a vital piece of the story between Otis, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, and Dolph Ziggler.

꓅ꑛ̘̻̖̓̿̓͆ͅꍟ͈̗͓̕͘͝ ̥̈ꉣꋫ͎̯̤̟͗̀̾̏ꌚ̧͛ꌚ͉̄ꏸ̨̘̞̼͚̐͂̌̈́̎ꆂ̢̞̮̻̔̃͘͠ꁕꍟ̦͚̓̏ ̦̝̠̙̅̈̓̐ꉣ̹͍͕̽̽́꒓͚̦̉̅ꆂ͉̭̅̏꓅͉͉̺̼͑̑̏̅ꍟ͔͓͛͛ꏸ̪̘̀̐꓅͉͙͗̈ꌚ̦͠ ̲͎̻̦͋̊̔̓꓅̘̈́ꑛ͔̯̝̀̋̄ꍟ̗̪̫̦̍̅͆̾͠ͅ ̫͉̘̍̑̚꓅̠͕̣̙̃̐̀̅꒓̺͌ꐇ̣̮̝͉̀̂̉͋̿͢꓅͙̇ꑛ̨͔̖̓͐͂͑͜ pic.twitter.com/9IjVZVXShE

— The Message (@TheMessageWWE) May 3, 2020

If it wasn't for the hacker, Mandy wouldn't have figured out that Dolph and Sonya sabotaged her date with Otis. Without that, the greatest couple in WWE today would never have gotten together, and we also probably wouldn't have gotten this incredible run for Sonya Deville either.

Various glitches and graphical errors would appear during segments involving those Superstars, hinting that there was something going on. Considering how much WWE was pushing the storyline, it's kind of incredible to see that they completely dropped it.

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— The Message (@TheMessageWWE) April 21, 2020

While there was no concrete evidence, it was rumored and assumed that the man behind the hood would be the returning Mustafa Ali. Sadly, we'll never really know. Ali is someone that could've done well with it, too. Being a former police officer and someone that has strived to be someone people could look up to, becoming some kind of vigilante looking to out "true evil" in the locker room seemed right up his alley.